MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
online education technology are providing the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take part in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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